Play

[Prologue]

SELECT: Forever comes early this day.
(begin)
north
gear
south
east
whip
(continue)
(dig)
gear
hatch
...

[ACT I: Sarcophagus Shenanigans]

(raid)
west
person
skeleton
key
(return)
(return)
west
west
niches
gin
(return)
tomb
exhume
key
the tomb
sing
strength potions
(return)
tatters
SELECT: second thread [because size = syllables, and "second thread" is 3 syllables, the same as "ocelot"]
obtain
(return)
(return)
east
north
second thread
strength potions
(enter)

[ACT II: Boulder Banter]

north
north
coil
whip [because weight = # of letters, and "coil" and "whip" have 8 letters combined, the same as "treasure"]
...
vamoose
run with a double-time gait
SELECT: And what better time for philosophy
(confirm)
(huh?)
SELECT: a cashew
(confirm)
SELECT: you trip over debris
(confirm)
(continue)
south
south

[ACT III: Catapult Catastrophe]

(escape)
south
south
north
north
west
tomb
exhume
tatters
SELECT: thirty-third thread
acquire
(return)
(return)
east
south
south
south
west
egg
(enter)
a thing
stretched coil
(return)
gin
(return)
thirty-third thread [because balance = meter (and rhyme), and "thirty-third thread" has 3 syllables, which makes your inventory have the correct limerick meter.]
(return)
strength potions
(return)
(return)
east
south
schist
(return)
north
north
north
west
tomb
exhume
tatters
SELECT: twelfth string
acquire
(return)
(return)
east
south
south
south
south
explore
schnapps
stretched spring
schist
twelfth string
strength draughts [These items are only 8 syllables combined, which means they will fit, and are 58 letters combined, which means they are heavy enough. They are also balanced, which means they have the correct meter and rhyme.]
(south)
(dig)
dig
scrabble
scrape
resume your escape
roll

[FINAL ACT: Minecart Mayhem]

(roll)
zoom
(confirm) [the sequence of challenges occurs in random order, but if you fall you can still get a good ending]
fall
saved
escape
...
the warm light of day

[Congrats! You have now experienced about 10% of Limerick Quest. The true treasure is the stupid shit we tried along the way.]